Srinagar, April 16 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the appropriate time has come for the restoration of statehood to the union territory.

Abdullah's statement comes six months after his party's win in the assembly elections and formation of government and over five years after the erstwhile state's special status under Article 370 was revoked and the region split into two union territories- J&K and Ladakh.

"We think the appropriate time has come (for restoration of statehood) as six months have passed after assembly elections," Abdullah said while talking to reporters in south Kashmir after inaugurating a bridge.

After he took oath as CM, Abdullah has been consistently seeking the return of stateh...